For whatever reason, Paul Steed is one of those early internet era gaming "celebrities" I remember well, back when .plan files were the best way to follow game developers.

He was an artist/modeler for the Wing Commander and Quake series, and designed the infamous "Crackwhore" Quake 2 model. After getting sacked at id due to an internal power struggle over Doom 3, he eventually landed at Microsoft as Creative Director for the Xbox 360.